Riverside can go to...nowhere.

Over the decades the neighborhoods Riverside and Sedamsville have lost their luster. The city of Cincinnati has finally stopped pretending they matter. Cincinnati continues the process of removing basic services by proposing ending reasonable access to public transportation in these communities.

A representative from Metro came to the Sayler Park Village Council meeting last night. The presentation was not one the community wanted to hear. Buzzwords of “economics”, “tight budget”, “time for change” led off the conversation. The one bus route that supports Sayler Park, Riverside, and Sedamsville is being proposed to cut back to commuter hours only. No nights. No weekends. No mid-day into the city. The bus stops heading into the city in Riverside and Sedamsville are already a miserable experience where the ridership is exposed to the elements and often waits on a sliver of concrete adjacent to Hwy 50. Waiting for the bus is noisy, dirty, demeaning, and unsafe. Bus service will soon be gone for all but commuter hours if the proposed changes go through...

Google Maps: Bus Stop directly adjacent to HWY 50 traffic

Many of the riders of bus route 50 work hours other than 8-5, weekdays... which is all the route will support if approved, so PEOPLE (not numbers) need new jobs or to move. Metro states economics, not enough ridership...but for Riverside and Sedamsville...no alternatives. The Metro says that Sayler Park will get better access to Delhi with an extended route from another bus...maybe, but there was no data presented at the meeting that Delhi is where the riders want to go.

The public has a chance to voice their opinions but I doubt the people who ride the bus would be able to access the meeting on August 23rd, 4-8 pm which overlaps the same commuter hours they expect the remaining ridership to use the bus route.

Online feedback is available to Metro but they have already run their 'numbers'. If PEOPLE want to be heard talk to the Cincinnati City Council.

The miles of residences losing basic access in PINK below shows the nights and weekends that will be without bus service moving forward:

Go*Metro Map of Route Modifications